World War Z (2013)

While I haven’t read the book from Max Brooks, it’s my understanding that this film adapts very little from Brooks' story. Brooks wrote the book to feel like non-fiction but instead of making a documentary film Brad Pitt and Marc Forster make up their own Zombie tale, packaging it under Brooks’ wonderful title. The result is a CGI heavy spectacle with some fine visuals and strong performances. Brad Pitt is a former United Nations investigator (is there such a thing) who circles the globe trying to find the cure to a spreading and horrible zombie plague. My big issue with the film is the CGI of the mass zombies; the tidal wave of bodies looks a little fake and that threw me some. But it’s a good story if somewhat typical. It’s worth checking out. I only wish it had a slightly different ending but what I envision would have been much more devastating. Grade: B+